Is anyone else holding onto their A500 until it increases in value a lot?

Sorry if the thread title's a bit weird.

After owning my A500 for approx 16 years and knowing how much it originally cost straight out of the factory, I find it hard to accept that it's currently only worth up to £50 including delivery on eBay.

For this reason, I'm planning to hold on to my A500 (obviously assuming it's still working OK) until it's worth around its original straight out of factory price (I know I could be waiting a long time - although, I have recently bought the original box for it ). I only paid £50 for my A500 in 1995(?).

I just feel the history of the computer, fact it's up to 24 years old and how much you can do on it compared to say a little 128k Spectrum is worth so much more than the £50.

Do any other A500 owners feel like this?

P.S. I know the A500+ currently fetches more than the A500 on average due to it being a bit rarer.

I have seen prices for 500's be anywhere between £20-£100. Depending on condition and how cheeky the seller feels. Also depending on what goodies are thrown in with it. So £50 is pretty much on the nose for sale prices. I wouldn't expect them to increase in price as drastically as you are hoping for.

However saying that I have noticed since CUSA have started selling their replica 64x that the prices for real C64's have fluctuated. So maybe if the 500x does appear then it's possible that real 500's will increase their value. But again I can't see it getting to the amount your hoping for.

@kipper2k

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Originally Posted by kipper2k

I think i'll only sell some of mine if they agree to look after it

I am the same. I would only sell mine to somone who is going to look after it and treat it right

I just feel the history of the computer, fact it's up to 24 years old and how much you can do on it compared to say a little 128k Spectrum is worth so much more than the £50.

In my opinion the only reason to keep one or more Amiga computers at home is if you want to use them. It's just a computer, not a stamp collection.

In this case my suggestion would be to get rid of it now to someone that would like it for a purpose. As already pointed out the price isn't going to skyrocket anytime soon for the "investors" out there.

If you want to invest into something, sell the A500. Buy the right Star Wars merchandising figures. These were even mentioned in some serious manager magazine as being more stable than most of the shares you could invest into.

An A500 isn't really worth much money. Yes, on eBay they want 30-50€. But check retro-forums, fleamarket, small-ads. Normally you can get it for 15-20€, without yellowing. Of course it's easier to get these prices in Europe, compared to the USA/Brazil where aren't sold millions of them.

Thanx man
It is very odd that there are no official numbers of Amigas produced and sold.
But I guess that's just one more sign of sloppy work in Commodore.
What does worry me though, is a surprisingly low number of "stronger" Amigas (1200, 3000, 4000). Makes me panic

Meh, if I'm a little patient I can go collect an A500 + kit for free if I would want one; not many people that even attempt to charge money for it here in the NL. A fully equipped A1200 or A4000 usually goes for about a hundred euros from what I've seen.